Manichaean (Unicode block)

Manichaean
Range	U+10AC0..U+10AFF (64 code points)
Plane	SMP
Scripts	Manichaean
Major alphabets	Sogdian, Parthian, Fars
Assigned	51 code points
Unused	13 reserved code points
Unicode version history
7.0 (2014)	51 (+51)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1] [2]

Manichaean is a Unicode block containing characters historically used for writing Sogdian, Parthian, and the dialects of Fars. ^[3]

Block

Manichaean [1] [2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

U+10ACx

𐫀‎

𐫁‎

𐫂‎

𐫃‎

𐫄‎

𐫅‎

𐫆‎

𐫇‎

𐫈‎

𐫉‎

𐫊‎

𐫋‎

𐫌‎

𐫍‎

𐫎‎

𐫏‎

U+10ADx

𐫐‎

𐫑‎

𐫒‎

𐫓‎

𐫔‎

𐫕‎

𐫖‎

𐫗‎

𐫘‎

𐫙‎

𐫚‎

𐫛‎

𐫜‎

𐫝‎

𐫞‎

𐫟‎

U+10AEx

𐫠‎

𐫡‎

𐫢‎

𐫣‎

𐫤‎

𐫥‎

𐫦‎

𐫫‎

𐫬‎

𐫭‎

𐫮‎

𐫯‎

U+10AFx

𐫰‎

𐫱‎

𐫲‎

𐫳‎

𐫴‎

𐫵‎

𐫶‎

Notes 1. ^ As of Unicode version 16.0 2. ^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

The block has five variation sequences defined for standardized variants. ^[4] They use U+FE00 VARIATION SELECTOR-1 (VS1) to denote alternate letter forms: ^[3]

Variation sequences for alternate forms

U+	10AC5	10AC6	10AD6	10AD7	10AE1
base code point	𐫅	𐫆	𐫖	𐫗	𐫡
base + VS01	𐫅︀	𐫆︀	𐫖︀	𐫗︀	𐫡︀

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Manichaean block:

Version	Final code points [a]	Count	L2  ID	WG2  ID	Document
7.0	U+10AC0..10AE6, 10AEB..10AF6	51	L2/00-128		Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-03-01), Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode
			L2/00-153		Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-04-26), Further comments on historic scripts
			L2/01-007		Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-12-21), "Manichaean and Christian Sogdian Scripts", Iranianist Meeting Report: Symposium on Encoding Iranian Scripts in Unicode
			L2/02-009		Bunz, Carl-Martin (2001-11-23), "Manichaean script", 2nd Iranian Meeting Report
			L2/03-099	N2544	Everson, Michael (2002-12-03), Revised proposal to encode the Manichaean script in the UCS
			L2/04-292		McGowan, Rick (2004-07-20), Manichaean Joining Types and Shaping Behavior
			L2/08-025	N3378	Everson, Michael (2008-01-28), Revised proposal to encode the Manichaean script in the UCS
			L2/08-271R2	N3486R2	Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2008-11-01), Proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS
			L2/09-284		Pournader, Roozbeh; Anderson, Deborah (2009-08-06), Specifying Joining Behavior for Manichaean Aleph
			L2/09-186	N3644	Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2009-09-30), Revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS
			L2/11-123R	N4029R	Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond; Pournader, Roozbeh; Afshar, Shervin (2011-05-10), Second revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS
			L2/11-116		Moore, Lisa (2011-05-17), "C.10", UTC #127 / L2 #224 Minutes
				N4103	"11.10 Manichaean script", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
			L2/14-026		Moore, Lisa (2014-02-17), "C.9", UTC #138 Minutes
				N4553 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-09-16), "M62.02d, M62.02h", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
3. Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond; Pournader, Roozbeh; Afshar, Shervin (2011-05-10). "N4029R: Second revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.
4. "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.